Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar will be a leader among educational and research institutions building on its century old traditions of innovation, problem solving and interdisciplinary collaboration to meet the changing needs of society.
Mission
Following the mission of Carnegie Mellon’s flagship campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar will:
- create and disseminate knowledge and art through research and artistic expression, teaching and learning; and transfer intellectual products to society
- serve our students by teaching them problem-solving, leadership and teamwork skills, and the value of a commitment to quality, ethical behavior, society and respect for one another
- pursue the advantages provided by a diverse and relatively small university community, open to the exchange of ideas, where discovery, creativity, and personal and professional development can flourish
The specific goal of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is to provide undergraduate programs in business administration, computer science and information systems to students in Qatar and the Gulf Region.
To this end, Carnegie Mellon Qatar will implement a total Carnegie Mellon curriculum by maintaining the academic standards, values and principles of Carnegie Mellon; providing a curricular program and a meta-curriculum parallel to those at Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh; and delivering programs by Carnegie Mellon faculty with suitable adaptations of delivery and schedules for general conformance to the vision of Education City.
Values
Dedication, as exemplified by our commitment to the critical issues of society and our uncompromising work ethic.
Collaboration, as exemplified by our interdisciplinarity, our external partnerships, and our capacity to create new fields of inquiry.
Measuring excellence by impact, as exemplified by our focus on issues critical to regional development, national interest, and global welfare. Entrepreneurship, as exemplified by openness to new ideas, prudent use of resources, and readiness to act.
Depth driving breadth, as exemplified by our issue-driven research, our context-based general education initiatives, and our focus on problem solving and creative production at all levels.
Compassion, as exemplified by our focus on human welfare, on the betterment of society, and on the personal development of the members of our community.
Integrity and inclusion, as exemplified by our attention to the highest ethical standards in all domains, and our commitment to being a community which welcomes talented minds from diverse backgrounds and challenges them individually and collectively to achieve their best.
In implementing such an education, Carnegie Mellon Qatar will be sensitive to the culture and setting of education of Qatar and the Gulf Region. Carnegie Mellon Qatar will:
- Cooperate in the overall goal of improving education for Qataris and for the region
- Respect our status as expatriate guests in Qatar
- Provide the educational support needed to help students adapt to the current starting points of our students
- Adapt schedules and operations to local culture and customs without sacrificing Carnegie Mellon values and standards
- Cooperate to the fullest extent possible with other educational institutions in Education City and, more broadly, Qatar
Objectives
Evolving from a trade school into a top-ranked global research university, Carnegie Mellon has remained true to three primary objectives:
- to deliver distinctive, first-quality education
- to foster research, creativity and discovery
- to benefit from the new knowledge created on campus to serve society
